But Imad regardless of whether or not the civilian governments are exemplary, they have to be given their due. Maybe a country can have an extreme situation like civil war or some emergency where temporarily constitutional mandate is suspended. But if that is the default situation then you have to ask yourself a simple question - if the people of Pakistan are so incapable of forming a government of their choice, then where does the belief that they are fit to be a nation arise from?
It's not as if India has not been cursed with a bad political leadership. Yet, for all the complaining, we have to sadly accept the fact that they are in our own image and represent us, no matter how ugly the picture is. If we didn't accept that, it would mean that sovereignty did not lie with the people.
Within our Constitutional framework, the only way of keeping the government earnest is either through ballot or through public agitation. Unfortunately South Asia has not been good at either. And yet, whatever the failing, we have to be collectively responsible for it and change it if possible.
Pakistan's security apparatus is an institution. And like any institution it has its own vested interests. If you see the vested interests then you will see the reason why the current situation exists.
